Patents by Inventor TOMOKAZU IMAIZUMI

TOMOKAZU IMAIZUMI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Display control device and display control program
    Patent number: 9597962
    Abstract: A display control device of the present invention is a device that controls an indication status of a display device disposed in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle, and includes a traveling status obtaining unit that obtains a traveling status of the vehicle, which includes at least a speed of the vehicle; a traveling status determining unit that determines, based on the traveling status, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition corresponding to at least a condition that both of a first region to be displayed on the display device and a second region other than the first region are present on an analog speed meter that presents the speed; and a display control unit that displays the first region of the analog speed meter on the display device, and does not display the second region of the analog speed meter on the display device when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Tomokazu Imaizumi, Tadashi Shibata, Takashi Toda, Takahiro Kuroda
  • DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM
    Publication number: 20150375620
    Abstract: A display control device of the present invention is a device that controls an indication status of a display device disposed in front of a driver's seat of a vehicle, and includes a traveling status obtaining unit that obtains a traveling status of the vehicle, which includes at least a speed of the vehicle; a traveling status determining unit that determines, based on the traveling status, whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, the predetermined condition corresponding to at least a condition that both of a first region to be displayed on the display device and a second region other than the first region are present on an analog speed meter that presents the speed; and a display control unit that displays the first region of the analog speed meter on the display device, and does not display the second region of the analog speed meter on the display device when the predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI TANAKA, TOMOKAZU IMAIZUMI, TADASHI SHIBATA, TAKASHI TODA, TAKAHIRO KURODA